for 12 years woodruff anchored cnn's weekly political program, "inside politics." she also played a central role in other major news stories. at pbs for a decade, she was the chief washington correspondent for the mcneal lehrer "newshour". she also anchored "frontline" with judy woodruff. one of woodruff's most influential prompts was her -- projects his generation next: speak up and be heard, which explored the views of the 42 million 16-25-year-olds who entered young adulthood amid the terrorism of september 11th and the violence of virginia tech and the emergence of social media. as the millennials would text, ygg. for everyone else, you go, girl. [laughter] politicians, heads of states, general and ceos have withered under ifill's questions. she has moderated two vice presidential debates own colluding the 2004 debate between republican dick cheney and democrat john edwards. at the 2008 debate between democrat joe bide season and republican sarah palin, ifill began her journalism career in newspapers. she has covered the white house for "the new york times" and